单词 | promissorily |
释义 | promissorilyadv. Now chiefly Law. In a promissory manner; in the manner of a promise. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adverb] under oatha1325 on (also upon) one's faithc1405 faithfullyc1450 on (also upon) one's word1582 sacramentally1599 votally1614 promissorily1650 engagingly1651 obligingly1655 votively1857 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) v. xiv. 217 Nor was he [sc. Jephthah] obliged by oath unto a strict observation of that which promissorily was unlawfull. a1677 T. Manton 190 Serm. on 119th Psalm (1681) xxx. 186 Promissorily we lye, when we promise things we mean not to perform. 1946 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 40 154 While English and Italian texts were signed, only the English is authentic, final power of intepretation being vested in a Control Commission whose functions are promissorily indicated by Article 37. 1972 Philos. Q. 22 326 A person who makes a promise to do something is simply assumed to want to be promissorily bound to do that thing. 2001 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 11 June 21 Plaintiffs allege..that the Distributors were promissorily estopped from taking away plaintiffs' exclusive territories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1650 |
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